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Calculator
Patent for a calculator. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Goss, George Wilson
System:
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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "a draw-head having a longitudinal slot extending in the upper face into a groove, and formed with notches or recesses in the upper face at the side of the slot, and having a beveled upper corner and a flat face and a downwardly-extending portion at the under side, an anchor-bar pivoted at its inner end in the inner end of the slot, and having an anchor or arrow-head at its outer end formed with rearwardly-hooked flukes or barbs, and a link pivoted with its eyed rear ends upon a transverse bolt in the anchor-bar" (lines 20-32).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Bywaters, Joseph K.
System:
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Car-Door.
Patent for a door for railroad boxcars, which locks tightly and does not swell.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Ward, Frank & Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
System:
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Caster.
Patent for a new and useful caster to be "applied to light and heavy furniture" (line 13-14).
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
Gluck, Solomon
System:
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Cheese Cutter
Patent for a cheese cutter. Illustration included.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Martin, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Slide
Patent for a coin-controlled slide used for operating mechanical musical instruments and vending machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Hammond, Robert P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Measuring Instrument
Patent for a combination measuring instrument. Illustration included.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Terry, William Blake
System:
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Corn Sheller.
Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller. This design, "[o]n its rear face, at the upper end of the body of the corn-sheller . . . provide[s] a hinged nubber-plate, which serves as a supporting-arm, and is constructed . . . for use in breaking or cutting off the smaller end of the ear of corn, at which end unsound kernels of corn are frequently found. The nubber-plate is hinged . . . to the upper end of the rear face of the body, and when opened out extends at nearly a right angle from the body and inclines slightly downward. When folded, the nubber-plate rests against the rear face of the body" (lines 39-52).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Price, Benjamin B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Separator
Patent for a cotton seed separator. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
System:
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Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for a crude oil burner for use in steam boilers, which reduces fuel usage.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Owin, Elijah J.
System:
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Design for an Agricultural Hoeing-Wheel.
Design patent for a hoeing wheel that has a circular body having a plurality of flat arms that are regularly spaced.
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
McGuire, John A. & Williams, Richard S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Heating Sad-Irons.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for heating sad irons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
Newton, Francis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dumping Wagon.
Patent for a new and improved dumping wagon. This design is "to provide a double dump for carrying dirt, sand, gravel, and other loose material on ordinary road-wagons, together with mechanism for instantly unloading the same" (lines 8-12). To this end, it consists "of a frame, double dumping-boxes swinging upon axles, and a U-shaped dumping lever, said lever provided with points extending slightly beyond its axis" (lines 90-93).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Forsgard, Samuel J.
System:
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Elevator Controlling Device
Patent for improvements to the elevator controlling device. These improvements have to do with the main circuit being broken while the elevator doors are open, thus stopping the elevator from moving before the doors are fully closed.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Quick, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop
Patent for an envelop. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Robertson, Fannie B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists "[i]n a swinging gate pivoted at its lower inner end and suspended by a diagonal wire, upon which it swings in being opened and closed, the adjustable bar provided with a depending loop or staple for the suspending-wire, the point of suspension by said loop, being between the latch end of the gate and a vertical line drawn through its pivot-pin" (lines 51-58).
Date:
September 13, 1881
Creator:
Miller, Wilson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "is mounted upon a hinge-rod, which is adapted for adjustment at its upper end within a rack fixed to the top of the hinge-post and provided with a pivoted keeper for said hinge-rod, the object being to set the upper end of the hinge-rod away from the latch-post as may be required to raise the free end of the gate to take up the sag, to support the gate a sufficient height above the ground to swing free of snow, and to allow of the passage of small stock when the gate is closed" (lines 12-22).
Date:
September 13, 1881
Creator:
Miller, Wilson B. & Bell, William H.
System:
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Flour-Sifter.
Patent for a centrifugal flour sifter that removes pests, mold, and debris.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Brewer, Johnson
System:
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Flush-Valve
Patent for a flush valve designed for efficiency.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Winckler, Henry J.
System:
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Game Counter.
Patent for a new and improved game-counter. This design consists "in a tabular counting device of novel construction applicable to counting with great accuracy and exemption from dispute, together with a clear exhibit of progress and result, in the game of dominoes and other games, such as whist, euchre, casino, &c., also applicable as a petty-cash counter" (lines 8-14).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Herbert, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing.
Patent for a speed transmission device that simply and efficiently changes the gears in an automobile especially at fluctuating speeds.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Anderson, Bert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design "compris[es] the pad having apertured ends, the buckle-frame, the loop therefrom having a beveled end provided with a lug or projection, the securing-plate having apertured ends, and the trace or tug" (lines 70-75).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Du Bose, Wade Hampton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination, with the side walls, of the stop-blocks comprising the places secured in recesses in the same, and the offsets formed integrally with the said plates, the plunger having recesses in its sides which engage said offsets, the operating-lever, and the pitman connecting the latter to the plunger" (lines 93-100).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Bryant, William Hodges
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoeing Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved horseshoeing machine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the elevator-platform and devices for raising and lowering the same, of a pair of adjustable bolts located above the platform, and a harness consisting of a bar and a set of belts suspended from said bolts" (lines 30-35).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Lindsey, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History